#art rock

PLAYING ATLANTAShepherds Explore Toxic Nostalgia with "Your Imagined Past" Video

For Atlanta sextet Shepherds, "genre" is a worn name tag hanging on by its last thread as theme and experimentation take prominence, rapidly setting the art-rock group apart in an ever-changing Atlanta market. Since the release of their 2011 debut EP, Holy Stain, the band has been in a state of...

Luci Turner

VIDEO REVIEWBRAIDS "Bunny Rose"

Canadian art rock trio BRAIDS collaborated with animator Stephen McNally on a music video for their track "Bunny Rose", off their record Deep in the Iris, released in April. It's impossible not to be entranced while watching the veins of a person gradually metamorphosing from dust to water. The...

Ysabella Monton

ALBUM REVIEWPalm "Trading Basics"

What does the new release by Palm, Trading Basics, sound like? A machine: many parts weaving in and out, around and over each other, starting and stopping suddenly. Sometimes it's smooth, and sometimes it sounds like the gears need some grease. On the dizzying track "Crank," the vocals are like...

Emily Daly

VIDEO OF THE WEEKHappy Lives, "Marry Me"

Art Rock duo, Happy Lives (Julian Beel and Mike Lande), make self-described stripped down "neo pop". Though much of what they do is conceptually bare bones, the result is invariable addictive--an amalgam of lo-fi grit and musical complexity. Their newest single and accompanying video, "Marry Me",...

Marianne White

TRACK REVIEWTurn to Crime "Forgiveness"

Turn to Crime's newly released track, “Forgiveness”, has obviously influences from art rock masters Lou Reed and David Bowie. It’s a fun, modern examination of that sound with a wildly different geographical focus.

Alexandra Freeman

TRACK REVIEWJames Supercave "The Right Thing"

“The Right Thing” is a rolling, confident break out song off of James Supercave's first EP, which will be released in late March. It combines mid-20th century rhythms with head-bobbing melody and dynamic vocals.

Alexandra Freeman